"Goin’ Blind," Kiss (1974)Īnother rock song dedicated to a sixteen-year-old, “Goin’ Blind” has a particularly creepy backstory, its lyrics co-written by former Kiss member Stephen Coronel, who was convicted in 2014 of possession of child pornography and is currently serving a six-year prison term. The borderline fetish-ization in John’s chart-topping ode to a New York City prostitute who’s “black as coal but she burn like a fire” is cringe-worthy. Jimmy Soul’s biggest hit is almost hilarious in its bad taste, with its indelible chorus, “If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life / Never make a pretty woman your wife / So from my personal point of view / Get an ugly girl to marry you.” “Hey Joe” is simultaneously one of Hendrix’ iconic tracks that nevertheless sees him threatening violence and death against an allegedly-cheating woman, with the lyrics, “I'm going down to shoot my old lady / You know, I caught her messing around with another man.” “If You Wanna Be Happy," Jimmy Soul (1963) "Hey Joe", The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1966) (“They talk so many (expletive) ways / it’s all Greek to me.”)
But using derogatory language for gay and black men certainly doesn’t help his case, nor do his wildly xenophobic lyrics about immigrants. "One in a Million,” Guns 'N Roses (1988)Īxl Rose attempts to win our sympathy with his story of a “small-town white boy” feeling lost when he moves to Los Angeles. But the racist video puts the song in a whole different light, with stereotypical imagery of mariachi horns, ponchos, sombreros and oversize mustaches. Its message and story are seemingly well-intentioned, detailing a Mexican immigrant's struggle to cross the border in search of a better life.
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This Todd Rundgren-produced ode to a woman dubbed “black licorice” is several woeful minutes of fetish-ization, featuring the line, “She wraps me up in her slender legs / Her hot black skin to mine." "Illegal Alien," Genesis (1983) "Black Licorice," Grand Funk Railroad (1974)
This Motown favorite is a straightforward love song until its male narrator starts getting possessive, with the demand, “It's my word, my word she'll obey, now.” "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I Got),” The Four Tops (1972) This Dire Straits classic could’ve (and should’ve) existed without all the gay slurs Mark Knopfler casually drops in the lyrics. The Phil Spector-produced classic is famous for its loving depiction of domestic violence. More: 20 politically incorrect songs that'd be wildly controversial today "You're Sixteen," Johnny Burnette (1960)īurnette’s ode to an underage girl was less skeevy than Berry’s - which doesn’t change the fact that it’s still an ode to an underage girl, with the chorus, “You're sixteen, you're beautiful and you're mine.” "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)," The Crystals (1962) Rock stars of a certain generation seemed to love singing about 16-year-old girls, and Chuck Berry was no exception here, with the song including the very questionable lyrics, “Sweet little sixteen, she's got the grown up blues / Tight dresses and lipstick, she's sporting high heel shoes.” "Sweet Little Sixteen," Chuck Berry (1958)
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